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Investing.com -- Best Buy Co. (NYSE:BBY) is reducing its workforce across multiple departments, including its Geek Squad technical support team, Bloomberg reports.
The consumer electronics retailer confirmed it is laying off employees from both its customer care division and in-home field teams. A company spokesperson described the impact to Bloomberg as affecting "a very small number of workers."
The job cuts include members of the Geek Squad, which provides technology support and repair services to customers both in-store and through home visits.
Best Buy currently employs more than 80,000 people according to its most recent annual report. The company has not specified exactly how many positions will be eliminated in this round of reductions.
The Geek Squad has long been a distinctive service offering for Best Buy, providing technical support that differentiates the retailer in the competitive consumer electronics market.
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